419 scam: "Mr. Martin" <fchiaramonte@regione.sicilia.it> Treat as urgent pls

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- hudson.martins45@yahoo.com.tw (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Martin" <fchiaramonte@regione.sicilia.it>
Reply-To: hudson.martins45@yahoo.com.tw
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 13:51:25 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Treat as urgent pls

From: Mr. Hudson Martin
The Mercantile Investment Trust plc.

I am Mr. Ed White one of The Portfolio manager of The Mercantile Investment Trust plc.a group of JP Morgan INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL. I handle all Investor within my management portfolio Direct Capital Funds (there investment funds).

As a routine every investor gets the percentage profit or dividend from the total cash he or she invested into the company annually. Last year it was announced that the profit margin was 18.9% after calculating carefully I found out that the profit margin was 20.1% that is an excess of 1.2% on each investor so I secretly extracted 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Marginal Capital Fund and created a separate account where the total sum of the extraction was kept As an expert, the account has a valued for 37.6 Million Pounds.

Now, I am looking for someone who I can trust to stand as an Investor to receive the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from The Mercantile Investment Trust plc. All legal documents to back up the claims will be made available to you prior to your acceptance.

Meanwhile, I have worked out the technicalities whereby the funds
can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches. Our sharing ratio will be 50-50. If you are interested, you should respond through this email Address with your Personal Details to including your full name, personal Telephone No (mobile) and country of residence, as soon as I receive it, I will contact you and provide you with further step to finalizing this as soon as possible. Get in touch via my private email below.

Sincerely.
Mr. Hudson Martin
hudson.martins45@yahoo.com.tw

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